I hope you enjoy the images-I-see as I travel through this life. Each day is a blessing, and this blog is an attempt to document the extraordinary as well as the very often mundane events and sights that I'm privy to every day.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
26/365 Portrait in Winter
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Monday, December 26, 2022
23/365 Night Scene
I very recently got a new phone.
During all the times I've visited Fairbanks I've never seen the Northern Lights. I hope to see them this trip, so tonight I went outside around 10:45 pm (it gets pitch dark around 4 pm during the winter). There were no "lights" then, probably because of the heavy cloud cover, but I wanted to try the phone camera in the dark to see how it well it photographed at night.
This is looking south. It's amazing. The image can't be blown up too large because it would be too grainy, but what a great job it does for small pics.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Friday, December 23, 2022
Thursday, December 22, 2022
19/365 Snowy Mailboxes
It's cold here, very cold. When I made this image it was -32, but fortunately there was no wind. The snow was crunchy, a sound I love even though I don't love snow, the air was crisp and it was the middle of the 4 hours of daylight so the light was really lovely.
Now that it's Dec 22, daylight will last longer each day until it's light for 23 hours/day. What a difference.
Monday, December 19, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Sunday, December 04, 2022
15/365 Less Is More
I bought this a couple of months ago. I love it. It's so simple and looks so real, it makes me feel so peaceful when I look at it. It's definitely a case of "less is more". I figured I could occasionally put one or two small flowers in with the leaves, but I haven't done so yet. Unlike buying flower displays, this one isn't obviously seasonal, so I can leave it out year round.
Saturday, December 03, 2022
Friday, December 02, 2022
13/365 The Christmas Tree
Every year the town puts up a large Christmas Tree in front of the Convention Center. This year it's in front of the County Building because there's some construction for a new hotel near the Convention Center. It's really beautiful. I should have stayed a little later so the sky would have been more blue, but I didn't feel like it. It was a beautiful 75 degrees so it was really fun photographing the tree in summer-like weather.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
12/365 Watching the Parade
So here in Abilene the Christmas Parade didn't start until 6:30. Word was that there were almost 200 entries, so needless to say, it was a loooong parade. When it started it was about 75 degrees, but by the time it ended it was much cooler and the wind was blowing, so not a pleasant end to the event.
I'm not a fan of nighttime photography but since my photo club decided it would be a good thing to attend the parade and try to photograph it, I tried. But really, I deleted all the images I took because they were just plain awful. All except this one of this couple watching the parade. I don't love the image, but it's the only one that's halfway decent.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
Sunday, November 27, 2022
9/365 The Mermaid
So...it's been such a long while since I've posted. Unbelievably, I've almost forgotten about my blog. The days when I posted everyday or even once a week are long gone. I've been concentrating on Flickr and Fine Art America right now. Also, I still struggle with what to take photos of.
Years ago when my friends and I challenged each other to post every day, I forced myself to photograph any ordinary things within my vision. I should probably just do that again instead of waiting for inspiration, which seldom provokes me to photograph these days. There are about 34 days until the end of the year~~maybe that's what I'll do. Take a photo of anything, post it and add a little text about why I thought that item was worthy.
But here's today's image. I took a trip to San Angelo, Texas a few weeks ago. They have a River Walk and this mermaid statue is one of the destinations along the way. She intrigues me every time I see her.
Saturday, September 24, 2022
8/365
The Local FireHouse
So it's almost the end of September and this is only my 8th post of the year. Whaaat???
Fact is I just don't have any inspiration and I don't feel like I have much to say and I don't have any followers. So I basically just forget about the blog. But once in a while I remember and then feel stupid for forgetting and not posting.
Several years ago some friends and I made a pact to post a pic a day. We did that for a couple of years, then we decided one pic a week would work and then we just decided to call it quits. It's been difficult to keep this going with no motivation. I actually now have a collection of images I can post, so maybe I'll remember and can post for a couple of weeks almost every day.
Anyway, here's my image for today. I might just get up to 10 for the year, hahaha.
I made this one today. I was walking around town in an area I don't usually walk around in and I came across the local fire department. I started out by just photographing the outside of the building, then I walked around back. The doors were open, I told them I was taking pics and they invited me in and let me shoot to my heart's content.
Kudos to these guys. These first-responders, paid or volunteers, are amazing. I promised I'd send them some of the images.
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
7/365
Reworked Work
I recently listened to the blog post of a working photographer. He emphasized that we should occasionally go back to previous images, chose one we may have overlooked and rework it.
I took that to heart and found this image from Jan 2021. I changed it up a little from the original and this is the result.
I would rather post brand new images, but there aren't many to be had around here. Spring hasn't completely sprung yet and it's pretty ugly around here even at the best of times. I keep trying to find new images though, but going back and reworking older images might be a "thing to do" when I'm feeling hopeless about making new work.
Sunday, April 03, 2022
6/365
An Ordinary Thing
A friend took me to the location of a defunct power plant yesterday. I couldn't get as near to it as I wanted because of the chain link fence surrounding it, and alas, there were no openings through which to crawl closer.
I saw this fire hydrant and tried to make something interesting out of it. Not sure "interesting" is the best word for it, but I like the matching colors of the hydrant, the grass and the building in the background, and as always, I love shooting through chain link.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Thursday, March 17, 2022
4/365
Silos in Black and White
I decided to stop off in a little town on my way home from an event the other day. I've been there before and there isn't much to photograph, but hope springs eternal.
I love these silos and even though I have many images of them, I still make more when I'm there. This time my edit was a little different. Black and white and a blue sky with clouds. I love selective color and I really like the way this turned out.
Hmmmm, 76 days into the year and this is only post 4. I'm behind on flickr too, but not as behind as here.
Oh well....
Sunday, March 13, 2022
3/365
The Annual Rattlesnake Roundup
When I first heard about this Roundup a couple of weeks ago, I thought they were pulling my leg? Really? A rattlesnake roundup????
Well, rattlesnakes are dangerous and they are over populated in Texas and they are NOT endangered. If you encounter one, feel free to kill it or it might just kill you.
We got there in the morning. The awards ceremonies weren't happening until the afternoon, and when you're with three littles, hanging around anywhere for too long is just too long. So we walked around the pavilion, got some great carny food and then visited the next pavilion where there seemed to be about an hundred more vendors. Then we left. Before the awards. Awards for: longest snake, most weight of snakes, beard (probably longest, thickest, or whatever), etc.
It was interesting, so now I can say: "been there, done that" and unless I'm compelled by photographer friends to go again, I won't have to go back for several years, if ever. Just sayin'
Friday, March 11, 2022
2/365
Closed for the Day by Sunset
So here it is, the middle of March and it's only the second time I've posted this year. I need a shot of umph to get me going.
As I was walking around downtown yesterday, I came across this business that was already closed for the day. I don't even know what the business is because there isn't a name on the window or the building. But I could see the shadow of what appears to be a conference table and chairs right inside the door and then a beautiful neon heart decoration.
Nothing spectacular about the image, I just like the lighting, the graphic look and the less-is-more of the structure. One of these days I'll ask a local if they know what the business is.
Saturday, January 08, 2022
1/365--2022
Keys
I seriously failed to post a photo-a-day on my flickr page for 2021. It was disappointing, but totally my fault...laziness, lack of inspiration, just-don't-care, nothing interesting to photograph--all very weak excuses for not keeping up. Really, how difficult is it to take one photo a day a post it?
So I started again for 2022, this time with a list of January prompts from a random site. 8 days into it, it's going well, hahaha. I didn't like the prompt for today and as I was looking around for a possible photo op, I spied these keys.
So this is the photo for day 8/365 on flickr. The keys belong to "G" and I just liked the way they were clustered around. I used a wide angle lens and tried to get as much limited depth-of-field as possible.